20 ways to say Good Luck in Korean
Korean is an East Asian language spoken by approximately 77 million people, of which 5.6 million regard it as their heritage language. It is both North Korea’s and South Korea’s official and national language, with different formal official forms used in each region. Korean is the 13th most widely spoken language of the 3000 languages currently in use. Modern Korean is thought to have derived from Middle Korean, which in turn descended from Old Korean, which in turn descended from the Proto-Koreanic language, which is thought to have originated in Manchuria. Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County in Jilin Province, China, recognise it as a minority language. In addition to Sakhalin, Russia, and Central Asia, it is spoken in other regions of the world. Goryeo is considered to be the first Korean dynasty known to Western nations, and the English word “Korean” is derived from it. In the former Soviet Union, Koreans are known as Koryo-saram and/or Koryo-in, and the language is known as Koryo-mal. Korean is classified as a language isolate by both historical and contemporary linguists.
